Our friend Kathleen’s grandniece was named Marais after this northern Minnesotan village, and Kathleen’s sister and her partner sang its praises. It sits way up near the Canadian border, on the shore of Lake Superior. If there was one other…

Kate was driving us through Duluth, Minnesota when she spotted this mansion from the road and a sign that said tours were available. Kat e loves outlandish old houses, so she pulled right in to the parking lot, and we…

It’s hard to leave friends behind for a year, and it’s great when you can connect up with people halfway across the country. When our neighbor Kathleen planned a trip to Minneapolis to visit her family, she asked if we…

Maplewood State Park is a huge, beautiful park near Pelican Rapids. It’s a popular drive-through in the fall when its maple forests are in full color. The park includes several lakes and lots of campgrounds, but only one of campgrounds…

We’d driven through this town on our way to Loon Lake and noticed that they were having their annual Pelican Festival that weekend. We also noticed that they had a small city park with campsites. So when we’d had our…